A17698:3412
Sermons upon Deuteronomy
The sermons of M. John Calvin upon the fifth book of Moses called Deuteronomy faithfully gathered word for word as he preached them in open pulpit; together with a preface of the ministers of the Church of Geneva, and an admonishment made by the deacons there. Also there are annexed two profitable tables, the one containing the chief matters; the other the places of Scripture herein alleged. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding.The sermons of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the fifth booke of Moses called Deuteronomie faithfully gathered word for word as he preached them in open pulpet; together with a preface of the ministers of the Church of Geneua, and an admonishment made by the deacons there. Also there are annexed two profitable tables, the one containing the chiefe matters; the other the places of Scripture herein alledged. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding.
London: printed by Henry Middleton for George Bishop, 1583
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. 6 And thou shalt speak and say. &c. 7 Then we cried unto the Lord God of our Fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and looked upon our affliction, our labour and our oppression. 8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and a stretched out arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey: 10 And now lo I have brought the first fruits of the land, which thou O Lord hast given me, and thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt bow thy self before the Lord thy God. 11 And thou shalt rejoice in all the good things, which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and to thy household, both thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase in the third year which is the year of tithing, and hast given it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat in thy gates and be sufficed.
5. 6 And thou shalt speake and say. &c. 7 Then wee cried vnto the Lord God of our Fathers, and the Lord heard our voyce, and looked vpon our affliction, our labour and our oppression. 8 And the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand, and a stretched out arme, with great terror, and with signes and wonders. 9 And he hath brought vs into this place, and giuen vs this land, euen a land that floweth with milke and honie: 10 And nowe loe I haue brought the first fruites of the land, which thou O Lord hast giuen me, and thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt bow thy selfe before the Lord thy God. 11 And thou shalt reioyce in all the good things, which the Lord thy God hath giuen vnto thee, and to thy houshould, both thou and the Leuite, and the straunger that is among you. 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thyne encrease in the third yere which is the yere of tything, and hast giuen it to the Leuite, to the straunger, to the fatherlesse, and to the widowe, that they may eate in thy gates and be sufficed.
WE have declared afore, whereunto the confession which the Jews made in offering of their first fruits, did tend: namely §40